03 December 2012

Political Unrest: What's Going On?

The
world is undergoing shaking, right in front of our eyes. Governments which previously seemed unmovable are trembling. Kings and rulers who were
untouchable in the past are being removed from their palaces.
Aside from unrest from different parts of the world, earthquakes and tsunamis are getting stronger & more frequent. It's time to read the signs of the time
and check the historical map. Where are we, according to God’s master
plan?

"Shaking of the earth" is not something that a Bible reader
should be surprised with. The Bible recorded that it has already
happened and predicts that it will happen again.

Heb 12:26 ~ When
God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes
another promise: "Once again I will shake not only the earth but the
heavens also."

Heb 12:27 ~ This means that the things on earth will be shaken, so that only eternal things will be left.

Heb
12:28 ~ Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be destroyed, let
us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

Heb 12:29 ~ For our God is a consuming fire.

Paul, the author of the book of Hebrews, summarized the above text from the book of Haggai, chapter 2:6-7.
That book adds the following prophecy in preparation for the glorious temple and heavenly kingdom:

“I
will overthrow royal thrones, destroying the power of foreign kingdoms.
I will overturn their chariots and charioteers. The horses will fall,
and their riders will kill each other.” Hag 2:22

Today, more turmoil is shaking Egypt, where the 30-year regime of Mubarak fell, and the new Egyptian ruler has all but declared himself a pharaoh, while his government is adopting a Sharia constitution. The heat
of revolution has spread or is now spreading to other countries in the Middle East.

The
world as it was has been shaken, which once again reminds us of three fundamental
truths.

THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT WILL SOMEDAY SLIP AWAY

Heb 12:26 ~
When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he
makes another promise: "Once again I will shake not only the earth but
the heavens also."

No government or person, no matter
how powerful they are, has the power to remain. The world is changing as
it revolves.

The shaking of world powers is not new to
history. Daniel, chapter two, dramatically described it in prophetic way
through the dream of the Babylonian king, and through it, the future
transitions of the world powers were revealed.

You
looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue-- an
enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. The head of the statue
was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and
thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly
of baked clay. While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by
human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and
smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the
gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a
threshing-floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a
trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and
filled the whole earth. Dan 2:31-35

Historians and Bible scholars generally agree that those symbols match these world powers:

1. The Babylonian Empire by Nebuchadnezzar - the head of gold
2. The Medo-Persian Empire: by Darius & Cyrus - the arm of silver
3. The Grecian Empire by Alexander the Great - the belly and thighs of bronze
4. The Roman Empire by Caesars -Legs of iron and clay

Dan
2:44 ~ In the time of those kings, the God of Heaven will set up a
kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another
people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but
it will itself endure for ever.

Mat
21:42 ~ "Then Jesus asked them, "Didn’t you ever read this in the
Scriptures? ’The stone rejected by the builders has now become the
cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous to see.’ "

Mat 21:44 ~ "Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."

This
present world and all its governments will someday pass away. We have to put our
hope and trust to someone who will remain forever.

Our relationship with God is the only thing that we can keep forever.

Mat
16:26 ~ "And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your
own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul?"

All
things may pass away; the world as we know it may be uprooted; life as
we experience it may come to an end; but one thing stands eternally
sure--the relationship of the Christian to God.

If you want to have a closer relationship with Jesus, you can pray this prayer and make this your own:

Dear God,

I
can't manage my own life without you. I invite Jesus to come into my heart today and be the King and Lord of
my life from this time on. I surrender my life to you today and I accept
you as my Lord and Savior. Amen.

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